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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “serval” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
serval9391341(None) 
seral56336381ser_al
serial64625861serial
servals103410741servals
aerial64625712aerial
arval86017012_arval
cercal10314122cercal
cereal8315832cereal
dermal93614342dermal
ervil8310302_ervil
feral85424652fer_al
ferial94621252ferial
herbal112513492herbal
larval948502larval
seal45654372se__al
selva83014272selva_
selvas93812912selvas
sendal73314992sendal
sepal77723002se_pal
septal84513382septal
sera46141392ser_a_
serac75925202ser_ac
serai56830162ser_ai
serail64222672serail
serdab937832serdab
serials73919742serials
serosal7311152serosal
serovar1046142serovar
serumal938782serumal
servable13310092servable
servant10313632servant
serve85425962serv_e
served104616812served
server94917712server
serves94423652serves
servile10310642servile
servo84516682serv_o
servos93812722servos
setal56430902se_tal
sexual1338412sexual
sternal73411912sternal
sural55931262sur_al
tergal72912832tergal
verbal112513662verbal
vernal93514212vernal
versal93013752versal

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551462.37634743.7
3Display Results46460.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691462.73665311.0
 
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